Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



A. RAWARNBR, RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1912.

Patented M1121, 1913.

witnesses sranirr ARTHUR E. WAlRl'IJIR,- OF VERMILLION, KANSAS.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'Jan. 21, 1913.

Application filed May 27, 1912. Serial No. 699,944.

i more especially7 to the devices employed in connection therewith for fastening the rails thereon; and the object of the Same is to improve the form of such a fastener when employed in conjunction with a tie made preferably of reinforced concrete or the like.

This and other objects are accomplished by constructing the device in the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in .the drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of one end of a tie, and a `horizontal section through the webof a rail showing the base flange thereof connected/,with the tie by this improved rail fastener;y Fig. 2 isan end elevation; Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section through the end of .the tie and a cross sect-ion through' the rail, showing the fastener in side elevation; Fig. 4; is a perspective de tail of. one of the members of the fastener proper. f

In the drawings the tie by preference has a body composed of concrete C reinforced as `at R, althoughl it is quite possible to make the tie of some other material or composition of materials, but I mention reinforced concrete because a tie of that kind is more easy to make in the shape described below so that it works successfully with the rail fastener which is the principal feature of my present invention. Each end of the tie has formed 1n its upper face a recess l disposed by preference about midway between .the side edges of the tie, opening out its extremity, and having an inclined bottom 2 out of which the water will run in a manf ner which will be clear. The side walls 3 of saidrecess are by preference upright as shown, and at the upper edge of each side wall is formed a lip whose inner edge 5 is by preference struck on a curved line so that the lip is widest at its center Where it projects towardthe companion lip, and at either end vit merges into the upright Wall 3 of the recess, andthe centers of the vtwo I lips are spaced slightly apart for a purpose to appear below. The lower face 6 of each lip is also bv preference rounded downward so that the lip is thickest at its center and thinner near either end; and, as the dotted lines will show, eachrlip is reinforced as at It if the material of this tie lbe reinforced concrete.

The fastener proper consists of two like members of metal, one of which is shown in perspective detail in Fig. 4, and a bolt connectlng them as will be described. Each member has a substantially cylindrical body 10, studs 11 projecting from opposite sides thereof, and a hook 12 at its upper end projecting parallel with the axis of the bore 13 of said body and slightly beyond one end thereof; and when in placethe two body members are placed upon the shank 14 of a bolt whose head 15 stands toward'the center of the tieY and whose nut 16 may be reached through the outer end of the recess 1 in the end of the tie. In order to prevent the shank of the bolt from rotating when the nut is tightened up, the head 15 is preferably' made square or angular, and the inner end of the bore of the innermost fas- Vtener member is countersunk as at 18 so as to receive said angular head in a manner which will be clear. The members of the ifastener are of course disposed with their tongues or hooks 12 toward each other and overlapping the base flange F of the rail as indicated in the drawings.

In assembling the parts of this improved device, the ties are either laid or molded upon the road-bed lin a manner not necessary to amplify in this specification, the innermost fastening member is slipped over the shank of the bolt and against its head (omitting the outermost member and nut for the present), said innermost member dropped into the inner end of the recess beyond the innerextremities of the lips`4 at which point the recess is wide enough .to receive this member and both its studs or pins 11, this member and the shank of the 'bolt then moved forward and outward and during this movement the studs pass down t under the inner ends of the lips 1 while the shank of the bolt passes downinto the recess, the rail R then laid in place so that its base flange F overlies the two lips and crosses the recess, the hook 12 of the innen most fastening member engaged with the inner flangeF, the outer fastening member applied to the shank of the bolt and its hook 12 engaged over the outer base ange F while its studs or pins 1l pass under the outer ends of the lips 4C and` its bore slipped onto the outer end et' the shank 14 of this bolt, and finally vthe nut applied to the i rthreads of said bolt and tightened up. In

s drical bodies are moved'toward each other tightening up this nut, the head of the bolt draws the inner fastening member out- Ward and the nut presses the outer fastening member inward so that the hooks l2 of both' members are forced over 'the base `flange F of the rail R While their cylinalong the shank of the bolt and their studs or pins 11 are forced ,under the thicker ccn- .tral portions of the lips 4. This accounts for making said lips thicker toward the center, 'because asthe members are forced toward each other and the pins or studs 11 ride under said lips the fastener members are bodily drawn downward within the recess 2, and with them moves the base flange F of the rail R until said 'fiange is forced with the upper surface of Wear; and of suchv sizes, shapes, proportidnaj and specific details of constructionns may be consistentv with the venti'on.

What is claimed as new 'is:--4 1. n a rail fastener, the-combination with a bolt, and a pairof members each having a cylindrical body whose bore Ais slidably ,mounted on said bolt, oppositeiyproj'ectv'lng studs at the sides' of'said body,and a hook at the top ot said body projecting tosov ward the hook of` the `other member and adapted to overliethe base iiange of the rail; of an element having'a recess in which said members andbolt-lie, and inwardlyy proyectmg' lips along thesides et said re-` cesses adapted to overliesaid studs.

2. In a rail fastener,the combination with a bolt, and a, pair of members each having a body whose bore is Slidably mounted on said bolt, oppositely projecting studs at the, sides of said body, and a hookat thc to of said body 'projecting toward the'hoo t" of the gist of the entire in! "furthe purpose set forth.

other member and adapted `vfto overlie the base flange of the rail; of an element having a recess in which said members and bolt lie, and inwardly projecting lips along the sides of said recesses adapted to overlie said studs, the lips having their lower facesl rounded so that they are thick -at their centers and thinner toward their. extremities.

3. In a rail fastener, the combination with a bolt, and a pair of members each having a body whose bore is slidably mounted on said bolt, oppositely projecting studs at the Isides of said body, and a hook at the to f said body projecting toward the hoo of the other member and adapted to overlie the base flange ofthe rail; of an element having a recess in which said members and bolt lie, and inwardly projectin lips along the' sides of said recess adapte to overlie said studs, the lips being rounded on their4 inner edges so that they are widest at the centers of their length. 1 y

4. In a rall fastener,.the combination with a bolt, and a pair of -members each having a body whose bore is slidably mounted on said bolt, oppositely projecting studs at the sides o'fsaid body, and a hook at the to of said body projecting toward the hoo of the other member and adapted to overlie the base iange ofthe rail; ofa tie formed with a recess, in its upper face at each end inclining toward and opening out the ex-l tremity, oifthe tie, and oppositelydisposed lips ,e113 thexside walls of said recess having fthejrxnlnperapdgcs curved inward and their lower; m to ,engage verthestuds on said members,

urved downward and adapted 5. The combination with a bolt, and a .pair di1 members having' tubular bodies loosely engaging said holt, studs projectin4 from opposite sides of said bodies, an

hooks on said. bodies adapted 'to engage over the' base iiange o a rail; of a rein forced concrete he having in its upper face ya channel opening out its extremity, and

reinforced lips projecting inward f from both walls of said channel near the end of the t-ie and adapted to overlie the studs on saidmembers when the fastening device is in place,v for the purpose set forth.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand .in presencev of two subscribing wit-l nesses.

- ARTHUR E. WARNER. iVitnesses: ,i

' F. F-` GooDwiN,

lV. H. Dn WALT. 

